Expansible bracelet



v 8 A. HADLEY EXPANSIBLE BRACELET Filed Feb. 9. 1925 S14/vento@ Patented lloc.. 8, lili.

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ART HADLEY, F PRUVIDENCE, RHODE SLAND, ASSGNOR T0 THE HADLEY COM- PANY, OF FROVEDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

EXEANSIBLE BRACELET.

Application filed February 9, 1925. Serial No. 3,027.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, An'r HADLEY, a citizen olf the United States, residing at Providence, in the county ol Providence and State of Rhode island, have invented new and useful improvements in lxpansible Bracelets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in expansible bracew lets, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a bracelet which enables the links to be easily and quickly connected and disconnected, and at the same time to be pre* 1r vented from being accidentally disengaged,

in normal use.

'lhe invention further aims to provide means of the type described which is oit simple and economical construction, involving a minimum ot parts compactly assembled.

u ln the drawings Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of a fragment of a bracelet constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 ot Fig. l;

.ll1 i gure 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. l, and

ll'igure et is a detail perspective view of one ot 'the slides.

ln proceeding in accordance with the prescnt invention each link consists of a box l and a slide 2. Each slide has a right-angu lar inner end 3 engaged with one end ot a coil spring a, the opposite end oi which latter abuts the 'front end ot the box. The outer ends 5 oli the slides are bent into hoopshape and slidably project through openings 6 provided therefor in the front ends et the boxes. lhe rear of the links are slotted to :term bars for engagement with the hooks 5. rl`he bottoms ot the boxes are tormed with transslots 8 'lor receiving the nnger nail or any sharp instrument capable ot being projected through the slot to engage the rightau ular ends 3 ot the slides to hold the latter in outer position thereby to dispose the hooks at a distance from the iront ends ot the boxes to 'facilitate connection and disconnection oi' the slides from the boxe lin operation, in order to connect adjacent links, the hook of the slide of one box is moved outwardly and held by engaging same with a finger nail or instrument inserted in slot 8, whereupon the boxes are moved to oocupy relatively right angular positions, whereupon the hook is engaged with the bar 7 or" the adjacent box and the boxes then moved to lie in the same plane.

To disconnect, the reverse operation is followed, namely, the adjacent links are distended, and the slide of one held in outward position, whereupon, the links are disposed at right angles and the hook oi' the slide then moved out or' engagement with the bar 7.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. ln an expansible bracelet, boxes having top, bottom and side walls, each box having a transverse slot extending across its bottom, and having a slot at one end and a bar extending across its opposite end, a longitudinally movable slide in each box having a right angular end and a hook-shaped end the latter projecting through the slot at the box end and being engaged with the bar of an adjacent box, and a coil spring in the box engaged with the right angular end of the slide and with the end ot the box having the slot, the slots in the box bottoms being ot a size to admit a means ot' engagingthe right-angular end of the slide to hold the latter against longitudi* nal movement and with the hook thereof projected outwardly of the box.

2. ln an expansible bracelet boxes having op, bottom and side walls, each box having .L transverse slot extending across its bottom, a longitudinally movable spring pressed lido in each box having a hook-shaped end he latter projecting` outwardly beyond an end of the box, and means on the opposite end ot the box to engage the hook of the .slide oi' an adjacent box, the slots in the box bottoms being of a size to admit a means of engaging the slide thereoi" 'to hold the latter against longitudinal movement and with the nook thereoi projected outwardly ont the box.

ln testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification.

ART HADLEY.

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